A record-breaking and insanely divisive sci-fi epic throws everything at the wall to see what sticks on streaming

In terms of measurable success, you can’t call Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element anything other than an overwhelmingly successful venture, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t split opinion straight down the middle for a variety of reasons.

At a cost of $90 million it was the single most expensive European production in history, and it repaid that faith and investment by hauling in $264 million at the box office to go down as not just one of the biggest global hits of 1997, but the top-earning French film of all-time; a record that it held onto with an iron grip for a decade and a half.

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By: Scott Campbell
Title: A record-breaking and insanely divisive sci-fi epic throws everything at the wall to see what sticks on streaming
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Published Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:42:25 +0000